I know that the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully.

It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action.

I told all four [Congressional leaders] that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.

My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

I'm not a textbook player. I'm a gut player.

But we cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to fall into the hands of terrorists. I will not allow that to happen.